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Are enacted we need an immigrant chef on
World Refugee Day understanding the plight
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of refugees the right way to fight microbes
melting polar ice it's all on today's
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feel way Asia.
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Hong Kong's decision to pause
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a controversial extradition proposal
in the face of mass protests is
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a rare political embarrassment for China's
Communist Party but is via ways Bill
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Gallo reports from Hong Kong many
pro-democracy protesters in this summary
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autonomous Chinese city fear of a
backlash from Beijing in the weeks ahead
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a handful of protesters camped outside Hong
Kong's legislature days after millions
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took to the streets contemplating their
next move many wonder if they will soon
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crack down definitely I'm afraid but
then I still anyway still have to
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keep going on because you know
if we. Don't fight this time
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don't fight for our freedom that.
That might that might never be
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a chance again Hong Kong's decision to
pause and reviled extradition bill was
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a major repudiation of
Beijing's influence here and
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a major win for activists like Joshua was
released this week from prison. Which
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like that will go back and we are now on
Connors showed up to protest the bill in
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unprecedented numbers but the toughest part
may still be ahead I think the fear is
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that once the and international tension
has shifted then Beijing will once again
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try to impose its iron control in
Hong Kong. The extradition proposal
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was widely seen as
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a clumsy unforced error but moving forward
Beijing may expand its influence in more
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subtle ways so for example influencing the
election it's helping their prop. Seems
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get back to it. Disqualifying
opposition lawmakers funding
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or encouraging newspapers which support
their stance protesters say the only way
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forward is for Kerry lamb the city's Beijing
friendly leader to resign some people
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say well it's
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a pause if you step stocked up
by preaching anyway. Because of
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a democratic system but the fact
of the batteries the C.E.O.
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Must go out to all the puppets if you do
something wrong all you have to go for now
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protesting may be the only option
Beijing to pay the price for it's
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a whole generation of ordinary citizens
already trying to solve it by Beijing to be
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dissidents. And though the protests may
eventually die down for now the anger for
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me Bill Gallo Les news Hong Kong.
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These are among some of the top Asia stories
you'll find right now when you visit
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V.O.A.
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News dot com investigators name for suspects
and Malaysian Air Downing over Ukraine
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China and Philippines to stay friends despite
both collision and disputed Sea South
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Korea donates rice and money to
feed hungry in North Korea U.S.
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And China to resume trade talks ahead of
Trump's he meeting World Bank says trying
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to as Belton road can speed development
needs transparency you'll find expanded
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coverage of all these stories and a whole
lot more when you visit Facebook at V.O.A.
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Asia as well as our website that's view
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a News dot com. Via
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way Asia continues I'm Jim Stevens. And
in Washington Australia's only euthanasia
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laws have come into force Wednesday in the
state of Victoria eligible are residents
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over the age of 18 who are
in intolerable pain with
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a terminal illness that will
likely cause death within
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a year the Catholic Church
has however warned of
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a new and deeply troubling chapter of health
care from Sydney Filmer So reports in
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the end death will be swift for those
patients in the state of Victoria whose cases
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have been approved by doctors and assisted
dying kits will be delivered to their
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home until lethal drugs mixed in small odes
death would likely occur after about an
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hour after the patient has become drowsy
and become unconscious officials say the
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legislation has dozens of safeguards
to prevent terminally ill people being
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pressured into ending their lives the
Victorian State Premier is DANIEL ANDREWS
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This is a back giving
to Victorians who have
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a terminal illness and are in the terminal
phase of anyone else and have unbearable
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plan and suffering. The option that dignified
choice that should be there is but
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critics say there's widespread opposition
to euthanasia within Australia's Medical
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and Religious communities in
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a letter senior Catholic bishop said they
couldn't co-operate with the facilitation
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of suicide even when it seems motivated
by empathy or kindness euthanasia
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laws have recently been rejected by
other Australian states but the Western
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Australian parliament is expected to
consider an assisted dying bill an organist
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while Florence is in Queensland are exploring
similar options Ingrid if Lara lung
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cancer patient in New South Wales States
hopes legislation becomes Nationwide's
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we're stuck with die you know and have it
over and done we I'm sick of my life I'm
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just sitting down on the chair looking.
Out the door if I do something I get
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restless I'm not in
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a quit why are we doing thing Australia's
Northern Territory was the 1st
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jurisdiction in the world to explicitly
legalize euthanasia in 1996 it was
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overturned by the federal government the
following year the legislation was in
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force for 9 months during which time 4
people died by medically assisted suicides
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film and sofa V.O.A.
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News Sydney elsewhere some analysts say
China and the Philippines will sustain
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a friendship of 3 years
despite a risky misshapen
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a disputed sea because each side values the
other for political or economic reasons
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the Philippines receives investment and
other aid from Beijing while China sees
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strong ties with the Philippines as
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a way to stop Manila and more powerful
allies such as the United States from
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impeding its maritime expansion
and Tonio Contreras is
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a political scientist Adela Sal university
in the Philippines president it's very
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much on China statements are
very much anything trying
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a new way and so at the level of relationships
I don't think it will change I guess
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upon the level on June 9th the
Chinese fishing vessel hit
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a Filipino boat near the reed bank reports
say the Chinese vessel left without
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helping 22 Filipino crew members
who were thrown into the water
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a Vietnamese boat nearby help to save
them although the Philippine defense
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secretary condemned the Chinese vessel
for leaving the collision site without
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offering aid president to
territories office has taken
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a softer tone Maria Elena attends
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a political science professor at the
University of the Philippines says the boat
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mishap may rekindle opposition among
the armed forces of the Philippines to
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territories pro China policies while the
Philippine government is now trying very
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diplomatically there are East and under
like the bait. It shows that we in the
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Philippine government and if Iran will
face shots I respond being quite different
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the Philippines and 4 other governments
all militarily weaker than China contest
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parts of Beijing's claims to about 90 percent
of the South China Sea Our thanks to
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Ralph Jennings in Taipei for
contributing this story.
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Happening now in Asia South Korea has made
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a large donation of rice and money to North
Korea to provide essential nutrition to
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millions of children and pregnant and
nursing mothers the World Food Program
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reports South Korea's donation the biggest
in more than a decade will help he's
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a crisis faced by 2000000 people
stay up to date with V.O.A.
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You're listening to Via way Asia.
We're glad to have you with
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us today on V.O.A.
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Asia there are more than 25000000 refugees
worldwide people who were forced to flee
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their countries because of war and persecution
there are another 70000000 people
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who were forced from their homes due to
persecution rights abuses conflict and
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violence World Refugee Day is today and
it focuses attention on their stories the
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away Asia's Skyler Ogden's spoke with some
about their lives after leaving their
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homes. Flechette up Del Rio
heem known as chef cooks Syrian
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food in Washington D.C.
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. The smell of spices reminds him of the
shore my house is in Damascus but he
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probably will never go
back. I lived in 2000
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so the way I lived Jordan. Because
my father my mother like.
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He told me he left Syria because
too much war and not safety.
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Is one of 25000000 refugees around the
world another 70000000 people have been
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forced from their homes because of persecution
rights abuses conflict and violence
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and the numbers that we're seeing in 20000
now are the highest we've ever seen like
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the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who
were forced to leave Burma and flee into
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neighboring Bangladesh they poured petrol
and Bonnie your heart so what you do you
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have to save your life you don't have
nothing. Your your husband don't have
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nothing so what should you do if the
government's against you where you want to go
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many languish in camps with no idea
when or if they can return home. In the
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Americas another mass exodus in Venice
well where the political and economic
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conditions are extremely
dire and in Central America
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a dramatic increase in gang violence in
Guatemala Honduras and El Salvador has
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fueled migration northward refugee officials
say older conflicts in Africa and
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South Asia continue to aggravate the
problem there are still people fleeing
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violence and persecution in Afghanistan
and getting anywhere they can get to
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find safe ground and
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a measure of protection and safety so that
they can begin to rebuild their lives
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and to get their lives and their family's
lives back on track Afghanistan 11
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example the situation there is still
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a situation of Democratic Republic of Congo
in Africa where there are parts of that
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country that are afflicted by very serious
violence refugees in the top host
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countries including Uganda Pakistan and
Turkey live in harsh conditions and their
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status is 10 U.S. Very few countries
offer resettlement the U.N.
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Refugee agency says the U.S.
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Remains one of the world's largest
resettlement countries this refugee who asked
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not to be identified says he has no plans
to return to his homeland I would be
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scared to go back to and
that. For me as a game. Not
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a place for me I want to be at.
It is illegal to me and Yemen.
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Penalty for that is that actually in December
the United Nations adopted the global
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comp. Refugees to strengthen the global
response to the refugee problem refugees
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are never asking just for
handouts they're asking for
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a hand up so they can rebuild their own
lives that's exactly what Chef Marsh has
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done in America in 2017
February I moved to D.C.
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Or and I live in Maryland with my
family. My life my life and I am
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here in America I want like.
Water here in America.
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Like my love my life in
America but I want make
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a good future for my for me. For
be away News I'm Skyler Octon
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more on World Refugee Day coming
up you're listening to V.O.A.
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This news from V.O.A.
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Asia regional analysts say China and
the Philippines will sustain years of
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friendship despite
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a risky mishap in the disputed sea because
each side values the other for political
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or economic reasons the Philippines
receives an investment of another 8 Beijing
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sees minnow as a buffer against U.S.
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Interests as well as others there's
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a deal wait Asia Facebook to read more see
and share this is your way Asia. As we
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wait Asia continues the number of refugees
allowed to be into the United States is
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being reduced by the trumpet ministration
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a grassroots movement to help the public
better understand refugees is growing in
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the nation's capital it was June
so caught up with a woman who is
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a driving force behind the movement called
one journey Carol Pearson narrates her
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story in the midst of
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a historic global refugee crisis with
nearly 69000000 people forcibly displaced
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worldwide Wendy Chan wanted to tell the
human stories behind the mass exodus
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many organizations are trying to tell the
refugee story through numbers but not
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a lot of them are reaching hearts and
minds using really positive and celebrate
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Torito because
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a miss all these harsh if I think is
really important for us to showcase the
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incredible story of resilience and hope
that refugees exhibit. One is your niece
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inaugural festival took place last June on
the grounds of the National Cathedral in
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Washington Chan and her co-founder Rhonda
Byrne injure brought refugee dancers
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musicians and poets from all over the
nation 4000 to 10 to last year's festival
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this year partnering with 200 nonprofit
organizations local artists and businesses
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and big global corporations Chan expects
more than 8000 to 10 days an important
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part of the festival is innovative
digital technology we have sure studio
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that's it will set up these digital portal
where participants of the festival can
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come in that and learn about the refugees
stories directly from refugees who are
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sitting on the other side of the portal who
are still living at you know all camps
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around the world we just went into the
digital connect lab it was absolutely
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important and meaningful to my kids as
they sat there and listened. Now look what
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they what they what the men in there were
experiencing you can tell that. They
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really want to understand they are the
challenges they've lived through and I want
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to know how they might be able to help Chan
was born in China and came to the U.S.
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With her family at age 12 she learned
firsthand how important it is to support
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refugees like great grandfather was
a political prisoner would die in
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a political prison you know at the age of
78 and my grandfather fly China doing the
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civil war as a refugee to me is
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a very important that we all realize that
refugees have no choice they simply were
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born in the wrong place and wrong time
of history chances to see as it was not
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a noticed recently she
received Washington D.C.
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Mayors volunteer service of workers I was
deeply honored to receive that award but
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I wanted to make sure that we
on the one journey is truly
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a grassroots movement Chan an executive at
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a global consulting firm feels she has one
life's lottery that I've been able to
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come to this country and
live a really a rich life
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a life that allows me to fulfill my full
potential and someone who feels so blessed
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so blessed and life I just feel that I'm
obligated to give them. For producer Julie
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so I'm Carol Pearson
viewing News Washington.
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This news from V.O.A.
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Asia a Dutch led international team
investigating the shooting down of
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a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet over
Ukraine in 2014 has named 3 Russians and
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a Ukrainian as murder suspects Russia may
not cooperate However as it has denied
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any involvement in the downing of the
plane all the big stories coming your way
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through the day on the way Asia Facebook
this is the way Asia. Now in view
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age of the World Health
Organization is launching
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a new tool to reduce the spread of
anti microbial resistance the W.H.O.
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Says its global campaign is aimed at making
decision and policy makers aware of the
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appropriate and effective use of antibiotics
for specific infections Lisa sly and
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reports for V.
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Away from Geneva at the launch of the
W H O's so-called aware campaign
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anti-microbial resistance is growing because
of the widespread abuse and misuse of
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antibiotics the World Health Organization
considers Anti of microbial resistance
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one of the most urgent health
risks in the world it warns
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a century of medical progress will be
undone without Excel aerated action to
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contain rising resistance by making
antibiotic use safer and more effective the
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assistant director general for access to
medicines Marianna Ghana says now says
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pneumonia kills many children in developing
countries because they do not get
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appropriate medication MORTON Oh where me
going to get. In developing countries is
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treatable but. Which can in most
cases be linked to the lack of
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practice sometimes by artics or to wrong
diagnostics or to the wrong prescription
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so don't we by launching just
wrong. Aim steps. To get
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between you and access the
tool developed by the W.H.O.
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Is based on the W.H.O.
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Essential medicines list the list specifies
which antibiotics to use for the most
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common and serious infections and those
which should be available at all times in
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the healthcare system W.H.O.
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Assistant director general for anti-microbial
resistance bulky says the essential
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medicines list also indicates those antibiotics
that must be used sparingly and as
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a last resort we expect that
the list will actually be
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a legitimate reference for health care
providers who would like to understand the
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better ways of prescribing antibiotics
and that following these guidelines will
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actually help them and having them of how
they would prescribe antibiotics and have
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it based on a legitimate
resource which is the W.H.O.
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The World Health Organization notes no
significant investments are being made in
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the development of new antibiotics therefore
it says improving the use of existing
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had taught biologics is critical to curb
the further spread of anti-microbial
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resistance he says the new guidelines
will help prescribers and health workers
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select the right antibiotic for the right
infection thereby protecting endangered
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antibiotics Lisa shrine for V.O.A.
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News Geneva the European Space Agency is
using satellite imagery to document the
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status of ice flows around the world from
Greenland to Antartica via ways Kevin in
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X.
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Tells us the images illustrate just how
quickly the world's ice is turning into water
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. The frozen water parts
of the planet have
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a name the crisis fear and for the past
few decades the European Space Agency has
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been using satellites like Centinels 2 and
3 to gauge the status of the cryosphere
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the news isn't good the last century
seem quite dramatic changes in. These
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different elements of the cryosphere notably
was seen significant losses in Arctic
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sea ice we've seen decline in the volume
of ice locked up in places and we've also
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been witnessing changes in the large ice
sheets Greenland and Antarctica the
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consequence of course is the sea level is
rising as water is transferred from ice
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on land into the ocean the red parts of
this image show ice loss in Greenland This
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is the Bryant ice shelf in Antarctica and
this imagery shows the retreat of the
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Columbia Glacier in Alaska the disappearance
of the crisis fear has all kinds of
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implications for humanity places have
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a huge impact on the population on earth
particularly in Southeast Asia where
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millions of people are dependent
on mountain more to resources and
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a recent study suggests Earth's glaciers
are losing 369000000000 tons of snow and
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ice annually join the summer season we
see the melting off the glacier on the
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mountain snow pack this of course releases
water which is used for irrigation in
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the fields it's used for generating
hydroelectric power and it's also used for
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drinking water and so we are very much
concerned with how climate warming has an
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impact on the seasonal stream flow and the
way in which the water resource coming
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managed in the future during the past 50
years the same study found that the world
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has lost 9.6 trillion metric tons of its
icy covering and as the ice melts it
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reflects less of the sun's
heat which can lead to
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a runaway melting process scientists
hope these images could help educate
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politician. Who are drafting policies to
fight climate change Kevin Enoch's V.O.A.
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News there's some great video along with
this story that you may see on our website
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V.O.A.
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News dot com And that's true for many of
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a nation but 1st here is Mario Ritter Jr.
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United States President Donald Trump has
threatened to remove millions of people
00:25:31
who entered the country illegally
as fast as they come M.
00:25:36
Trump wrote on Twitter that the U.S.
00:25:39
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
next week will begin the process of
00:25:46
removing the millions of illegal aliens
who have illicitly found their way
00:25:53
into the United States and the series
of comments come as Trump prepares
00:26:00
to officially start his reelection
campaign Tuesday night limiting
00:26:06
immigration was
00:26:08
a central issue of Trump's 2016
campaign and he is expected to
00:26:15
use the same issue in the
upcoming 2020 campaign the
00:26:21
president also suggested that he will
soon sign an agreement on migration with
00:26:28
quite a mala the agreement
would make quite
00:26:31
a mala the country where migrants
flaying El Salvador and Honduras would
00:26:38
go to seek asylum instead of the U.S.
00:26:42
Or Mexico Trump said the
Central American country would
00:26:49
become part of efforts to limit
migration in the area with
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a tweet on Monday Guatemala
is getting ready to sign
00:27:00
a safe 3rd country agreement
he wrote Our U.S.
00:27:05
State Department delegation traveled to
Guatemala last week to seek approval for
00:27:12
the safe 3rd country policy if
it is signed into law it might
00:27:19
be the 1st agreement of
its kind between the U.S.
00:27:24
And a Latin American country.
However Guatemala has not made
00:27:30
a public statement that it is ready to
complete the deal in the same tweet
00:27:37
Trump praised Mexico for its effort
to deal with migration at its borders
00:27:44
Mexico using their strong
immigration laws is doing
00:27:49
a very good job of stopping people long
before they get to our southern border he
00:27:56
wrote Meanwhile the U.S.
00:27:59
State Department had announced plans to
freeze some aid money to El Salvador
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Guatemala and Honduras State
Department spokesperson Morgan
00:28:12
Ortega's said aid already
targeted for the 3 so-called
00:28:18
northern triangle countries would
be provided however she said new
00:28:25
money would not be provided until the
administration is satisfied that these
00:28:32
governments are taking clear measures
to reduce migration to the U.S.
00:28:38
Border some American lawmakers
have urged that the administration
00:28:45
not cut
00:28:46
a they are worried that doing so
would make the migration problem
00:28:53
worse the northern triangle
countries face high crime rates
00:29:00
and weak economies within their
borders Veronica Escobar
00:29:06
represents the border city
of El Paso Texas in the U.S.
00:29:12
House of Representatives. She said
instead of working with leaders in
00:29:18
Central America to stabilize the
situation there the administration is
00:29:25
eliminating aid intended to create
better conditions that would help keep
00:29:31
families home the human rights
group called the Washington Office
00:29:38
on Latin America also disagrees
with the decision to freeze some
00:29:44
a. The group said cutting all aid
to Central America is not the
00:29:51
way to build
00:29:52
a safer more prosperous region
where people aren't forced to flee
00:30:00
in March the Trump administration
said it would cut to
00:30:05
a 2 El Salvador Guatemala and
Honduras it noted the president's on
00:30:11
happiness with the 3 countries
immigration policies Ortega
00:30:18
said that the State Department's
decision came after
00:30:22
a study of current policies she
said that aid in the form of grants
00:30:29
and contracts that had been provided for
her earlier would continue at current
00:30:35
levels. Aid supporting justice
and security issues would also
00:30:42
continue Ortega said. Arm Mario Ritter Jr.
00:31:33
The M.T.V. Movie and T.V.
00:31:35
Awards were held recently in Los
Angeles California one of the
00:31:42
surprising winners Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
00:31:49
the 86 year old judge who was
named the best real life hero by
00:31:55
supporters voting online Ginsburg's
opinions often match those of
00:32:02
a liberal thinkers this week however she
agreed with one of her conservative
00:32:09
colleagues on
00:32:10
a case Ginsburg and Justice
Neil Gorsuch argued that
00:32:17
state and federal governments cannot put
00:32:20
a person on trial twice for
the same crime the issue has
00:32:27
received attention because of a situation
involving people who used to work for
00:32:33
a US President Donald Trump. The
federal government has found some of
00:32:40
the individuals guilty of
crimes if Trump pardons them
00:32:46
observers have asked can state governments
later put them on trial for the
00:32:53
same violations. The other
7 justices on the U.S.
00:32:59
Supreme Court said yes although
Ginsburg did not win the majority
00:33:06
support for her position her willingness
to think independently has often won her
00:33:13
praise last weekend it won her an
award from people who watch T.V.
00:33:20
And movies Ginsburg did not
appear personally at the event
00:33:27
but as
00:33:27
a winner she joined actors Elisabeth
Moss and Brie Larson. The 2
00:33:34
were recognized for their
performances in the T.V.
00:33:38
Show The Handmaid's Tale and the
superhero movie The Avengers.
00:33:45
I'm Kelly Gene Kelly.
00:34:31
Ragan Byrd tries to complete her school
homework every night but the high
00:34:38
school student in Hartford Connecticut
uses her mobile phone because she
00:34:45
does not have
00:34:46
a computer or internet at home.
Smartphones can connect to the
00:34:53
Internet but they have
small screens bird has
00:34:58
a hard time switching between
websites and messages sent from
00:35:05
friends she says she tries to
write school papers on her phone
00:35:12
but when there are internet connectivity
problems she writes them by hand she
00:35:18
told The Associated Press the A.P.
Studied information from the U.S.
00:35:25
Census and found that nearly 3000000
students in the United States
00:35:32
did not have Internet at home
that is about 17 percent of all
00:35:39
U.S.
00:35:40
Students 18 percent of students do
not have home access to broadband
00:35:47
Internet nearly all American students
have access to computers and the
00:35:54
Internet in their schools but it home
the cost of internet service and
00:36:01
sometimes the lack of availability
create problems in rural areas and
00:36:08
even cities some call the
problem the homework gap
00:36:15
until a few years ago Reagan's
school gave every student
00:36:20
a laptop equipped with an Internet
hotspot providing them with the Internet
00:36:28
but the money for the program ran out
school districts local governments in
00:36:35
Connecticut and others have tried
to help districts put wireless
00:36:41
Internet on busses and created
hotspots. Many communities
00:36:48
made lists of restaurants and other
businesses with wife I places where children
00:36:55
are welcome to come and do their
homework some students study in the
00:37:02
parking lots of schools libraries or
restaurants were ever they can find
00:37:08
a signal another option for
communities is to provide access
00:37:15
through unused television frequencies
the Hartford Public Library
00:37:21
plans to try that next year the
National Center for Education
00:37:28
Statistics suggests that students
with home Internet get better
00:37:35
scores in reading math and
science than ones who do not
00:37:42
the homework gap can hurt the poor
and minority students creating
00:37:49
barriers to their education
Janice Fleming Butler is an
00:37:56
activist who has researched barriers
to Internet access in Hartford
00:38:03
she said it is
00:38:04
a big injustice for minority
students not to have equal
00:38:11
access to the Internet Susan
Johnston is an English teacher in
00:38:17
Hartford she said using paper
and chalk boards is not
00:38:23
a good idea she thinks students
really need to learn to use
00:38:30
technology because it's
not going away. The U.S.
00:38:37
Department of Education gathered
statistics in 2017 and released its
00:38:43
findings in May It found that the
number of households without
00:38:50
internet has been getting smaller
but 14 percent of homes in city
00:38:57
areas and 18 percent of
homes in rural areas still
00:39:03
lack Internet connections about
33 percent of homes with school
00:39:10
Lage children that do not have
internet say money is the reason.
00:39:18
A commissioner at the Federal Communications
Commission Jessica Rosen worst
00:39:25
cell called the homework gap the
cruelest part of the digital
00:39:32
divide in rural northern Mississippi home
00:39:38
Internet is not available for some
whether they can pay for it or not
00:39:46
Sharon steered them takes her 4 boys to
the school library at East Webster high
00:39:52
school her husband works there so they
can use the Internet for school work
00:40:00
a cell phone tower can be seen through the
trees from their home but the Internet
00:40:06
signal does not reach their house
00:40:11
a 3rd of the 294 households in
May been Mississippi have no
00:40:17
computer and close to half
have no internet I am Brian
00:40:24
LAN and on I'm an vol.
00:40:40
Welcome to the making of
00:40:42
a nation Merican history in V O
N A special language I'm Steve
00:40:49
embers.
00:40:58
We continue the story of President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kennedy at
00:41:04
Democrat defeated Republican Vice President
Richard Nixon in one of the closest
00:41:10
elections in your 19 states history
he took office in January 19th
00:41:17
61 after 3 months Kennedy faced
00:41:21
a major foreign policy failure
on April 17th armed to Cuban
00:41:28
exiles tried to invade Cuba less than
150 kilometers from the American
00:41:35
state of Florida they had been trained
by the Central Intelligence Agency
00:41:42
their goal was to overthrow the
island's communist leader Fidel Castro
00:41:49
in 1959 he and his good role of
forces had overthrown one of him C O
00:41:56
Battiste that the president who was
supported by the United States the exiles
00:42:03
came ashore at Cuba's Bay of Pigs
most were killed or captured.
00:42:10
The last administration under President
Dwight Eisenhower had planned the invasion
00:42:17
but Kennedy had approved it after the
failure some Americans again and wondered
00:42:24
if the 43 year old the president had
enough experience to lead the nation.
00:42:50
In 1961 Kennedy went to Paris
and met with French president
00:42:57
show the goal. Kennedy visited France
with his wife Jacqueline who spoke
00:43:03
French and had studied there
in June Kennedy met in Vienna
00:43:10
with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
crew shelf did not want to compromise on
00:43:17
any issue he threatened to have the
East Germans block all movement into
00:43:24
and out of the Allied controlled
western half of Berlin in
00:43:30
November the East Germans with Soviet
support started building the Berlin wall to
00:43:37
separate east and west. President
Kennedy quickly announced
00:43:43
a large increase in American
military forces in Germany.
00:44:12
Last year later came the Cuban
Missile Crisis On October 22nd
00:44:18
1962 President Kennedy made an
announcement to the American people
00:44:25
this government and promise. Has name came
the closest today of the Soviet military
00:44:32
buildup on the island of Cuba. Within
the past week I'm mistaken evidence
00:44:39
that the fact that
00:44:41
a. Site is now in preparation
on that imprisoned either
00:44:48
the purpose of these bases can
be none other than to provide
00:44:53
a nuclear strike capability against the
Western Hemisphere country saving the 1st
00:44:59
11 ery hard information of this
nature last Tuesday morning at 9 am I
00:45:06
directed that our surveillance be stepped
up and having now confirmed and completed
00:45:11
our evaluation of the
evidence and I decision on
00:45:15
a course of action this government feels
obliged to report this new crisis to you
00:45:21
in Polish detail
00:45:23
a characteristic of these new missile
sites indicate 2 distinct types of
00:45:28
installations several of them include
medium range ballistic missiles capable of
00:45:34
carrying a nuclear warhead or a
distance of more than 1000 not
00:45:39
a commercial. Each of these missiles in
short is capable of striking Russia in D.C.
00:45:46
The Panama Canal they Canaveral Mexico
City or any other city in the southeastern
00:45:52
part of the United States in Central America
or in the Caribbean area Kennedy had
00:45:59
a warning for the Soviets it shall be
the policy of this nation to regard any
00:46:04
nuclear missile launched from Cuba against
any nation in the Western Hemisphere as
00:46:10
an attack by the Soviet Union
on the United States requiring
00:46:15
a full recount retore response upon the
Soviet Union Kennedy and his national
00:46:21
security advisers debated what to do
what about the Soviet missiles in Cuba
00:46:28
should the United States try to destroy
them what if some of the nuclear missiles
00:46:34
as skipped the attack Kennedy decided
to use a naval blockade he called it
00:46:40
a quarantine to prevent any more
Soviet ships from reaching Cuba
00:46:47
there were tense negotiations
with the Soviets. Demanded
00:46:53
a promise that the United States
would not invade Cuba Kennedy
00:46:59
agreed and did so publicly
secretly he also agreed to another
00:47:06
demand he promised that the United
States would remove its Jupiter missiles
00:47:13
based in Turkey after the crisis was
over. The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted
00:47:20
13 days it raised fears of
00:47:23
a nuclear war but it ended peacefully
when the Soviets agreed to remove their
00:47:30
missiles from Cuba and
turned their ships around.
00:47:49
But the cool war continued. In Asia
the Kennedy administration tried to
00:47:56
fight communism in Vietnam by increasing
the number of American military
00:48:03
advisers there the United States
and the Soviet Union did make some
00:48:10
progress on arms control in
1963 the 2 nations agreed to
00:48:16
Bam tests of nuclear weapons
accept underground.
00:48:36
In
00:48:36
a deep and so had to deal with domestic issues
including discrimination against blacks
00:48:44
his brother Robert was attorney general
the nation's top law enforcement official
00:48:51
the Justice Department took legal action
against states Simba south that violated
00:48:58
laws on voting rights B.
00:49:01
Administration also supported
00:49:04
a voter registration campaign
to sign up more black voters.
00:49:11
Robert Kennedy repeatedly called on
National Guard troops to protect blacks
00:49:18
when they tried to register to vote
or attend white schools President
00:49:25
Kennedy said the situation was causing
00:49:28
a moral crisis in America he
decided it was time to propose
00:49:34
a new civil rights law that would
guarantee equal treatment for blacks in
00:49:41
public places and jobs
Congress did not pass
00:49:46
a wide reaching civil rights
bill until $964.00 by then
00:49:53
Kennedy was no longer
president in November 1963 he
00:50:00
traveled to Texas he hoped to settle
00:50:03
a dispute in the Democratic Party in that
state the dispute might have affected
00:50:10
his chances for reelection
in 1964 Kennedy arrived
00:50:17
in Dallas in the late morning of
November 22nd but President and his
00:50:24
wife were seated in the back given
open topped car as his motorcade drove
00:50:30
through the city suddenly there were
gunshots one of them from C.B.S.
00:50:36
Knew him Donald Duck those 3 shots were
fired up president kind of days more again
00:50:41
and downtown Dallas the 1st report of the
player that President Kennedy has been
00:50:46
seriously wounded 5 hitting the
motorcade raced to Parkland Memorial
00:50:52
Hospital but doctors could do little to
save his life. This was how television
00:50:59
newsman Walter Cronkite reported the news
from Dallas Texas the flash apparently
00:51:05
official President kind of
00:51:07
a died at 1 pm Central Standard
Time Police quickly arrested
00:51:13
a suspect Lee Harvey Oswald worked in
00:51:17
a building near where Kennedy had been shot
people had seen him leave the building
00:51:23
with a gun Lee Harvey
Oswald was a man with
00:51:28
a stream's past he was a former
United States Marine It was also
00:51:35
a communist he had lived for up quietly in
the Soviet Union and had tried to become
00:51:42
a Soviet citizen he worked for
00:51:45
a committee that supported the communist
government in Cuba police questioned
00:51:53
about the shooting of President
Kennedy he told them he did not do it
00:51:59
after 2 days officials
decided to move him to
00:52:03
a different jail as wold was
being led by 2 police officers
00:52:10
suddenly a man stepped forward there was
00:52:13
a shot Oswald fell to the ground
television cameras broadcast the events
00:52:20
live. The man who killed
Wald was Jack Ruby he was
00:52:27
a nightclub owner in Dallas he said
he shot the bald to prevent the
00:52:34
Kennedy family from having to live through
00:52:37
a trial. A
00:52:56
commission investigated the
assassination of John F.
00:52:59
Kennedy but Chief Justice of the United
States Earl Warren led the investigation
00:53:07
in its report the Warren Commission
said that levy Harvey Oswald had acted
00:53:14
alone it said there was no
plot to kill the president.
00:53:21
Many Americans never accepted that
finding some blame to Fidel Castro
00:53:28
or the Central Intelligence Agency
others blamed organized crime
00:53:35
President Kennedy was buried in Arlington
National Cemetery across the Potomac
00:53:41
River from Washington and eternal
flame burns night and day by his
00:53:47
grave. And that's our
program for today listen
00:53:54
again tomorrow to learn English 3 stories
from around the world I'm Jonathan other
00:54:01
means and I'm Ashley Thompson.
00:54:36
This is the only News I'm David versus
00:54:39
a Dutch led international team
investigating the shooting down of
00:54:43
a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine
in 2014 has named 3 Russians and
00:54:48
a Ukrainian as murder
suspects we get more from
00:54:51
a peace Charles Taylor does not the
international team investigating the downing of
00:54:55
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 24 will
probe Russian involvement in the missile
00:55:01
attack prosecutor Fred West of baking wants
to know about the line of command that
00:55:07
contributed to making a book miss all of a
little. And possibly more responding to
00:55:13
a question about possible Kremlin involvement
he said he would go up the spa the
00:55:18
chain as needs be he said we will not impose
ourselves any limits on cell so let us
00:55:23
make
00:55:24
a UN rights investigator says there is
credible evidence linking Saudi Crown Prince
00:55:29
Mohammed bin Solomon to the murder of
dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi last
00:55:34
October in Riyadh consulate in
Istanbul Agnes Kalam are the U.N.
00:55:40
Special repertory on
extrajudicial executions said in
00:55:44
a new $101.00 page report following a 6
month investigation that was the victim of
00:55:50
a deliberate premeditated execution an extra
judicial killings for which the state
00:55:56
of Saudi Arabia is responsible under
international human rights law what needs to
00:56:01
be investigated to the extent to which the
the crown prince knew all should have
00:56:07
known of what would have happened to him
and he stuck with that that we keep
00:56:12
directly to the killing so to radio insists
the killers were not acting on the
00:56:19
crown prince's orders the Saudi Minister
of State for Foreign Affairs said the
00:56:24
report contained nothing new and lacked
credibility so to radio has put 11 people
00:56:29
on trial for Kushal G.'s
murder this is V.O.A.
00:56:33
News. A Kenyan court has found 3 terror
suspects guilty of the April 2015
00:56:40
original university terror attack in
which nearly $150.00 people most of them
00:56:46
students were killed
00:56:47
a magistrate set said Sing for next month
Sarah Kay money reports from Nairobi 3
00:56:53
co-defendants Hall found guilty of
conspiracy to commit terror at the chief
00:56:58
magistrate Francis and I'm satisfied that
the incident that took place of the great
00:57:02
investor college in the morning of 2nd
different 25th all of the above elements of
00:57:07
the terrorist acts there was insufficient
evidence to link one suspect to high
00:57:12
during Hussein to their cousin or any of
their coups persons sentencing has been
00:57:18
set for July and they're pro 2nd 2015
00:57:22
a tough 148. Also killed by security
forces in the assault on the
00:57:28
school Sarah Q Many Fulvio news the
UN refugee agency reports nearly
00:57:35
71000000 people around the world are now
forcibly displaced by war persecution and
00:57:41
conflict as Lisa shrine reports the number
is the highest level reached since the
00:57:46
UN agency are was established nearly 70
years ago the UN refugee agency calls the
00:57:51
70800000 figure conservative because the
Venezuelan crisis is not factored in the
00:57:58
agency explains some 4000000 Venezuelans
have fled their country but very few have
00:58:03
formally applied for asylum therefore
they are not counted in the refugee
00:58:07
statistics last year the report says war
and strife forced nearly 26000000 people
00:58:14
half of them children to flee their
countries and become refugees more than
00:58:18
41000000 more people were internally
displaced fleeing their homes but staying
00:58:23
inside their own Nations says more than
2 thirds of all refugees worldwide come
00:58:28
from just 5 countries Syria Afghanistan
South Sudan me and Maher and Somalia they
00:58:34
searched line for the. News Geneva the
Federal Reserve decided to leave its key
00:58:38
interest rate unchanged but signaled it's
prepared to start cutting rates if needed
00:58:43
to protect the U.S. Economy the Fed left
the benchmark rate at a range of 2 and
00:58:48
a quarter to 2 and one half percent where
it's been since December Fed chair Jerome
00:58:53
Powell said most of the members agreed an
interest rate is coming but not now there
00:58:57
was as you see
00:58:58
a number of people wrote down rate cuts
but all of those but apparently one felt
00:59:05
that that it would be better to see
more too before moving the Fed's move
00:59:12
pushed stock prices higher on Wall.
00:00:00
Are enacted we need an immigrant chef on
World Refugee Day understanding the plight
00:00:05
of refugees the right way to fight microbes
melting polar ice it's all on today's
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feel way Asia.
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Hong Kong's decision to pause
00:00:20
a controversial extradition proposal
in the face of mass protests is
00:00:25
a rare political embarrassment for China's
Communist Party but is via ways Bill
00:00:30
Gallo reports from Hong Kong many
pro-democracy protesters in this summary
00:00:34
autonomous Chinese city fear of a
backlash from Beijing in the weeks ahead
00:00:40
a handful of protesters camped outside Hong
Kong's legislature days after millions
00:00:45
took to the streets contemplating their
next move many wonder if they will soon
00:00:50
crack down definitely I'm afraid but
then I still anyway still have to
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keep going on because you know
if we. Don't fight this time
00:01:04
don't fight for our freedom that.
That might that might never be
00:01:09
a chance again Hong Kong's decision to
pause and reviled extradition bill was
00:01:14
a major repudiation of
Beijing's influence here and
00:01:17
a major win for activists like Joshua was
released this week from prison. Which
00:01:24
like that will go back and we are now on
Connors showed up to protest the bill in
00:01:29
unprecedented numbers but the toughest part
may still be ahead I think the fear is
00:01:35
that once the and international tension
has shifted then Beijing will once again
00:01:40
try to impose its iron control in
Hong Kong. The extradition proposal
00:01:47
was widely seen as
00:01:48
a clumsy unforced error but moving forward
Beijing may expand its influence in more
00:01:54
subtle ways so for example influencing the
election it's helping their prop. Seems
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get back to it. Disqualifying
opposition lawmakers funding
00:02:07
or encouraging newspapers which support
their stance protesters say the only way
00:02:13
forward is for Kerry lamb the city's Beijing
friendly leader to resign some people
00:02:18
say well it's
00:02:19
a pause if you step stocked up
by preaching anyway. Because of
00:02:26
a democratic system but the fact
of the batteries the C.E.O.
00:02:31
Must go out to all the puppets if you do
something wrong all you have to go for now
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protesting may be the only option
Beijing to pay the price for it's
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a whole generation of ordinary citizens
already trying to solve it by Beijing to be
00:02:47
dissidents. And though the protests may
eventually die down for now the anger for
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me Bill Gallo Les news Hong Kong.
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way Asia continues I'm Jim Stevens. And
in Washington Australia's only euthanasia
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laws have come into force Wednesday in the
state of Victoria eligible are residents
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over the age of 18 who are
in intolerable pain with
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a terminal illness that will
likely cause death within
00:04:14
a year the Catholic Church
has however warned of
00:04:17
a new and deeply troubling chapter of health
care from Sydney Filmer So reports in
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the end death will be swift for those
patients in the state of Victoria whose cases
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have been approved by doctors and assisted
dying kits will be delivered to their
00:04:33
home until lethal drugs mixed in small odes
death would likely occur after about an
00:04:40
hour after the patient has become drowsy
and become unconscious officials say the
00:04:46
legislation has dozens of safeguards
to prevent terminally ill people being
00:04:51
pressured into ending their lives the
Victorian State Premier is DANIEL ANDREWS
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This is a back giving
to Victorians who have
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a terminal illness and are in the terminal
phase of anyone else and have unbearable
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plan and suffering. The option that dignified
choice that should be there is but
00:05:10
critics say there's widespread opposition
to euthanasia within Australia's Medical
00:05:15
and Religious communities in
00:05:17
a letter senior Catholic bishop said they
couldn't co-operate with the facilitation
00:05:23
of suicide even when it seems motivated
by empathy or kindness euthanasia
00:05:29
laws have recently been rejected by
other Australian states but the Western
00:05:34
Australian parliament is expected to
consider an assisted dying bill an organist
00:05:40
while Florence is in Queensland are exploring
similar options Ingrid if Lara lung
00:05:46
cancer patient in New South Wales States
hopes legislation becomes Nationwide's
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we're stuck with die you know and have it
over and done we I'm sick of my life I'm
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just sitting down on the chair looking.
Out the door if I do something I get
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restless I'm not in
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a quit why are we doing thing Australia's
Northern Territory was the 1st
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jurisdiction in the world to explicitly
legalize euthanasia in 1996 it was
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overturned by the federal government the
following year the legislation was in
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film and sofa V.O.A.
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News Sydney elsewhere some analysts say
China and the Philippines will sustain
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a friendship of 3 years
despite a risky misshapen
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a disputed sea because each side values the
other for political or economic reasons
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the Philippines receives investment and
other aid from Beijing while China sees
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strong ties with the Philippines as
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a way to stop Manila and more powerful
allies such as the United States from
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impeding its maritime expansion
and Tonio Contreras is
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a political scientist Adela Sal university
in the Philippines president it's very
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much on China statements are
very much anything trying
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a new way and so at the level of relationships
I don't think it will change I guess
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upon the level on June 9th the
Chinese fishing vessel hit
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a Filipino boat near the reed bank reports
say the Chinese vessel left without
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helping 22 Filipino crew members
who were thrown into the water
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a Vietnamese boat nearby help to save
them although the Philippine defense
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secretary condemned the Chinese vessel
for leaving the collision site without
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offering aid president to
territories office has taken
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a softer tone Maria Elena attends
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a political science professor at the
University of the Philippines says the boat
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mishap may rekindle opposition among
the armed forces of the Philippines to
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territories pro China policies while the
Philippine government is now trying very
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diplomatically there are East and under
like the bait. It shows that we in the
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Philippine government and if Iran will
face shots I respond being quite different
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the Philippines and 4 other governments
all militarily weaker than China contest
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parts of Beijing's claims to about 90 percent
of the South China Sea Our thanks to
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Ralph Jennings in Taipei for
contributing this story.
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Happening now in Asia South Korea has made
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a large donation of rice and money to North
Korea to provide essential nutrition to
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millions of children and pregnant and
nursing mothers the World Food Program
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reports South Korea's donation the biggest
in more than a decade will help he's
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a crisis faced by 2000000 people
stay up to date with V.O.A.
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You're listening to Via way Asia.
We're glad to have you with
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us today on V.O.A.
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Asia there are more than 25000000 refugees
worldwide people who were forced to flee
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their countries because of war and persecution
there are another 70000000 people
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who were forced from their homes due to
persecution rights abuses conflict and
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violence World Refugee Day is today and
it focuses attention on their stories the
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away Asia's Skyler Ogden's spoke with some
about their lives after leaving their
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homes. Flechette up Del Rio
heem known as chef cooks Syrian
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food in Washington D.C.
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. The smell of spices reminds him of the
shore my house is in Damascus but he
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probably will never go
back. I lived in 2000
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so the way I lived Jordan. Because
my father my mother like.
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He told me he left Syria because
too much war and not safety.
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Is one of 25000000 refugees around the
world another 70000000 people have been
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forced from their homes because of persecution
rights abuses conflict and violence
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and the numbers that we're seeing in 20000
now are the highest we've ever seen like
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the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who
were forced to leave Burma and flee into
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neighboring Bangladesh they poured petrol
and Bonnie your heart so what you do you
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have to save your life you don't have
nothing. Your your husband don't have
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nothing so what should you do if the
government's against you where you want to go
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many languish in camps with no idea
when or if they can return home. In the
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Americas another mass exodus in Venice
well where the political and economic
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conditions are extremely
dire and in Central America
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a dramatic increase in gang violence in
Guatemala Honduras and El Salvador has
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fueled migration northward refugee officials
say older conflicts in Africa and
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South Asia continue to aggravate the
problem there are still people fleeing
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violence and persecution in Afghanistan
and getting anywhere they can get to
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find safe ground and
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a measure of protection and safety so that
they can begin to rebuild their lives
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and to get their lives and their family's
lives back on track Afghanistan 11
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example the situation there is still
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a situation of Democratic Republic of Congo
in Africa where there are parts of that
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country that are afflicted by very serious
violence refugees in the top host
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countries including Uganda Pakistan and
Turkey live in harsh conditions and their
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status is 10 U.S. Very few countries
offer resettlement the U.N.
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Refugee agency says the U.S.
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Remains one of the world's largest
resettlement countries this refugee who asked
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not to be identified says he has no plans
to return to his homeland I would be
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scared to go back to and
that. For me as a game. Not
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a place for me I want to be at.
It is illegal to me and Yemen.
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Penalty for that is that actually in December
the United Nations adopted the global
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comp. Refugees to strengthen the global
response to the refugee problem refugees
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are never asking just for
handouts they're asking for
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a hand up so they can rebuild their own
lives that's exactly what Chef Marsh has
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done in America in 2017
February I moved to D.C.
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Or and I live in Maryland with my
family. My life my life and I am
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here in America I want like.
Water here in America.
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Like my love my life in
America but I want make
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a good future for my for me. For
be away News I'm Skyler Octon
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more on World Refugee Day coming
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Asia regional analysts say China and
the Philippines will sustain years of
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friendship despite
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a risky mishap in the disputed sea because
each side values the other for political
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or economic reasons the Philippines
receives an investment of another 8 Beijing
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sees minnow as a buffer against U.S.
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Interests as well as others there's
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a deal wait Asia Facebook to read more see
and share this is your way Asia. As we
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wait Asia continues the number of refugees
allowed to be into the United States is
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being reduced by the trumpet ministration
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a grassroots movement to help the public
better understand refugees is growing in
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the nation's capital it was June
so caught up with a woman who is
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a driving force behind the movement called
one journey Carol Pearson narrates her
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story in the midst of
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a historic global refugee crisis with
nearly 69000000 people forcibly displaced
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worldwide Wendy Chan wanted to tell the
human stories behind the mass exodus
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many organizations are trying to tell the
refugee story through numbers but not
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a lot of them are reaching hearts and
minds using really positive and celebrate
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Torito because
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a miss all these harsh if I think is
really important for us to showcase the
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incredible story of resilience and hope
that refugees exhibit. One is your niece
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inaugural festival took place last June on
the grounds of the National Cathedral in
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Washington Chan and her co-founder Rhonda
Byrne injure brought refugee dancers
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musicians and poets from all over the
nation 4000 to 10 to last year's festival
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this year partnering with 200 nonprofit
organizations local artists and businesses
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and big global corporations Chan expects
more than 8000 to 10 days an important
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part of the festival is innovative
digital technology we have sure studio
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that's it will set up these digital portal
where participants of the festival can
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come in that and learn about the refugees
stories directly from refugees who are
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sitting on the other side of the portal who
are still living at you know all camps
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around the world we just went into the
digital connect lab it was absolutely
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important and meaningful to my kids as
they sat there and listened. Now look what
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they what they what the men in there were
experiencing you can tell that. They
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really want to understand they are the
challenges they've lived through and I want
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to know how they might be able to help Chan
was born in China and came to the U.S.
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With her family at age 12 she learned
firsthand how important it is to support
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refugees like great grandfather was
a political prisoner would die in
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a political prison you know at the age of
78 and my grandfather fly China doing the
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civil war as a refugee to me is
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a very important that we all realize that
refugees have no choice they simply were
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born in the wrong place and wrong time
of history chances to see as it was not
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a noticed recently she
received Washington D.C.
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Mayors volunteer service of workers I was
deeply honored to receive that award but
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I wanted to make sure that we
on the one journey is truly
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a grassroots movement Chan an executive at
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a global consulting firm feels she has one
life's lottery that I've been able to
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come to this country and
live a really a rich life
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a life that allows me to fulfill my full
potential and someone who feels so blessed
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so blessed and life I just feel that I'm
obligated to give them. For producer Julie
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so I'm Carol Pearson
viewing News Washington.
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This news from V.O.A.
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Asia a Dutch led international team
investigating the shooting down of
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a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet over
Ukraine in 2014 has named 3 Russians and
00:18:06
a Ukrainian as murder suspects Russia may
not cooperate However as it has denied
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any involvement in the downing of the
plane all the big stories coming your way
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this is the way Asia. Now in view
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age of the World Health
Organization is launching
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a new tool to reduce the spread of
anti microbial resistance the W.H.O.
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Says its global campaign is aimed at making
decision and policy makers aware of the
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appropriate and effective use of antibiotics
for specific infections Lisa sly and
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reports for V.
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Away from Geneva at the launch of the
W H O's so-called aware campaign
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anti-microbial resistance is growing because
of the widespread abuse and misuse of
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antibiotics the World Health Organization
considers Anti of microbial resistance
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one of the most urgent health
risks in the world it warns
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a century of medical progress will be
undone without Excel aerated action to
00:19:07
contain rising resistance by making
antibiotic use safer and more effective the
00:19:14
assistant director general for access to
medicines Marianna Ghana says now says
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pneumonia kills many children in developing
countries because they do not get
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appropriate medication MORTON Oh where me
going to get. In developing countries is
00:19:32
treatable but. Which can in most
cases be linked to the lack of
00:19:38
practice sometimes by artics or to wrong
diagnostics or to the wrong prescription
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so don't we by launching just
wrong. Aim steps. To get
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between you and access the
tool developed by the W.H.O.
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Is based on the W.H.O.
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Essential medicines list the list specifies
which antibiotics to use for the most
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common and serious infections and those
which should be available at all times in
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the healthcare system W.H.O.
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Assistant director general for anti-microbial
resistance bulky says the essential
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medicines list also indicates those antibiotics
that must be used sparingly and as
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a last resort we expect that
the list will actually be
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a legitimate reference for health care
providers who would like to understand the
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better ways of prescribing antibiotics
and that following these guidelines will
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actually help them and having them of how
they would prescribe antibiotics and have
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it based on a legitimate
resource which is the W.H.O.
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The World Health Organization notes no
significant investments are being made in
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the development of new antibiotics therefore
it says improving the use of existing
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had taught biologics is critical to curb
the further spread of anti-microbial
00:21:07
resistance he says the new guidelines
will help prescribers and health workers
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select the right antibiotic for the right
infection thereby protecting endangered
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antibiotics Lisa shrine for V.O.A.
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News Geneva the European Space Agency is
using satellite imagery to document the
00:21:27
status of ice flows around the world from
Greenland to Antartica via ways Kevin in
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X.
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Tells us the images illustrate just how
quickly the world's ice is turning into water
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. The frozen water parts
of the planet have
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a name the crisis fear and for the past
few decades the European Space Agency has
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been using satellites like Centinels 2 and
3 to gauge the status of the cryosphere
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the news isn't good the last century
seem quite dramatic changes in. These
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different elements of the cryosphere notably
was seen significant losses in Arctic
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sea ice we've seen decline in the volume
of ice locked up in places and we've also
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been witnessing changes in the large ice
sheets Greenland and Antarctica the
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consequence of course is the sea level is
rising as water is transferred from ice
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on land into the ocean the red parts of
this image show ice loss in Greenland This
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is the Bryant ice shelf in Antarctica and
this imagery shows the retreat of the
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Columbia Glacier in Alaska the disappearance
of the crisis fear has all kinds of
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implications for humanity places have
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a huge impact on the population on earth
particularly in Southeast Asia where
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millions of people are dependent
on mountain more to resources and
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a recent study suggests Earth's glaciers
are losing 369000000000 tons of snow and
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ice annually join the summer season we
see the melting off the glacier on the
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mountain snow pack this of course releases
water which is used for irrigation in
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the fields it's used for generating
hydroelectric power and it's also used for
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drinking water and so we are very much
concerned with how climate warming has an
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impact on the seasonal stream flow and the
way in which the water resource coming
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managed in the future during the past 50
years the same study found that the world
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has lost 9.6 trillion metric tons of its
icy covering and as the ice melts it
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reflects less of the sun's
heat which can lead to
00:23:33
a runaway melting process scientists
hope these images could help educate
00:23:38
politician. Who are drafting policies to
fight climate change Kevin Enoch's V.O.A.
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News there's some great video along with
this story that you may see on our website
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Ashley THOMPSON This program is aimed
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English. Today on the
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program you will hear from Mario Ritter Jr
Kelly Gene Kelly and ball and Brian Lamb
00:25:14
later Steve Amber will present our
American history series The Making of
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a nation but 1st here is Mario Ritter Jr.
00:25:25
United States President Donald Trump has
threatened to remove millions of people
00:25:31
who entered the country illegally
as fast as they come M.
00:25:36
Trump wrote on Twitter that the U.S.
00:25:39
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
next week will begin the process of
00:25:46
removing the millions of illegal aliens
who have illicitly found their way
00:25:53
into the United States and the series
of comments come as Trump prepares
00:26:00
to officially start his reelection
campaign Tuesday night limiting
00:26:06
immigration was
00:26:08
a central issue of Trump's 2016
campaign and he is expected to
00:26:15
use the same issue in the
upcoming 2020 campaign the
00:26:21
president also suggested that he will
soon sign an agreement on migration with
00:26:28
quite a mala the agreement
would make quite
00:26:31
a mala the country where migrants
flaying El Salvador and Honduras would
00:26:38
go to seek asylum instead of the U.S.
00:26:42
Or Mexico Trump said the
Central American country would
00:26:49
become part of efforts to limit
migration in the area with
00:26:54
a tweet on Monday Guatemala
is getting ready to sign
00:27:00
a safe 3rd country agreement
he wrote Our U.S.
00:27:05
State Department delegation traveled to
Guatemala last week to seek approval for
00:27:12
the safe 3rd country policy if
it is signed into law it might
00:27:19
be the 1st agreement of
its kind between the U.S.
00:27:24
And a Latin American country.
However Guatemala has not made
00:27:30
a public statement that it is ready to
complete the deal in the same tweet
00:27:37
Trump praised Mexico for its effort
to deal with migration at its borders
00:27:44
Mexico using their strong
immigration laws is doing
00:27:49
a very good job of stopping people long
before they get to our southern border he
00:27:56
wrote Meanwhile the U.S.
00:27:59
State Department had announced plans to
freeze some aid money to El Salvador
00:28:05
Guatemala and Honduras State
Department spokesperson Morgan
00:28:12
Ortega's said aid already
targeted for the 3 so-called
00:28:18
northern triangle countries would
be provided however she said new
00:28:25
money would not be provided until the
administration is satisfied that these
00:28:32
governments are taking clear measures
to reduce migration to the U.S.
00:28:38
Border some American lawmakers
have urged that the administration
00:28:45
not cut
00:28:46
a they are worried that doing so
would make the migration problem
00:28:53
worse the northern triangle
countries face high crime rates
00:29:00
and weak economies within their
borders Veronica Escobar
00:29:06
represents the border city
of El Paso Texas in the U.S.
00:29:12
House of Representatives. She said
instead of working with leaders in
00:29:18
Central America to stabilize the
situation there the administration is
00:29:25
eliminating aid intended to create
better conditions that would help keep
00:29:31
families home the human rights
group called the Washington Office
00:29:38
on Latin America also disagrees
with the decision to freeze some
00:29:44
a. The group said cutting all aid
to Central America is not the
00:29:51
way to build
00:29:52
a safer more prosperous region
where people aren't forced to flee
00:30:00
in March the Trump administration
said it would cut to
00:30:05
a 2 El Salvador Guatemala and
Honduras it noted the president's on
00:30:11
happiness with the 3 countries
immigration policies Ortega
00:30:18
said that the State Department's
decision came after
00:30:22
a study of current policies she
said that aid in the form of grants
00:30:29
and contracts that had been provided for
her earlier would continue at current
00:30:35
levels. Aid supporting justice
and security issues would also
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continue Ortega said. Arm Mario Ritter Jr.
00:31:33
The M.T.V. Movie and T.V.
00:31:35
Awards were held recently in Los
Angeles California one of the
00:31:42
surprising winners Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
00:31:49
the 86 year old judge who was
named the best real life hero by
00:31:55
supporters voting online Ginsburg's
opinions often match those of
00:32:02
a liberal thinkers this week however she
agreed with one of her conservative
00:32:09
colleagues on
00:32:10
a case Ginsburg and Justice
Neil Gorsuch argued that
00:32:17
state and federal governments cannot put
00:32:20
a person on trial twice for
the same crime the issue has
00:32:27
received attention because of a situation
involving people who used to work for
00:32:33
a US President Donald Trump. The
federal government has found some of
00:32:40
the individuals guilty of
crimes if Trump pardons them
00:32:46
observers have asked can state governments
later put them on trial for the
00:32:53
same violations. The other
7 justices on the U.S.
00:32:59
Supreme Court said yes although
Ginsburg did not win the majority
00:33:06
support for her position her willingness
to think independently has often won her
00:33:13
praise last weekend it won her an
award from people who watch T.V.
00:33:20
And movies Ginsburg did not
appear personally at the event
00:33:27
but as
00:33:27
a winner she joined actors Elisabeth
Moss and Brie Larson. The 2
00:33:34
were recognized for their
performances in the T.V.
00:33:38
Show The Handmaid's Tale and the
superhero movie The Avengers.
00:33:45
I'm Kelly Gene Kelly.
00:34:31
Ragan Byrd tries to complete her school
homework every night but the high
00:34:38
school student in Hartford Connecticut
uses her mobile phone because she
00:34:45
does not have
00:34:46
a computer or internet at home.
Smartphones can connect to the
00:34:53
Internet but they have
small screens bird has
00:34:58
a hard time switching between
websites and messages sent from
00:35:05
friends she says she tries to
write school papers on her phone
00:35:12
but when there are internet connectivity
problems she writes them by hand she
00:35:18
told The Associated Press the A.P.
Studied information from the U.S.
00:35:25
Census and found that nearly 3000000
students in the United States
00:35:32
did not have Internet at home
that is about 17 percent of all
00:35:39
U.S.
00:35:40
Students 18 percent of students do
not have home access to broadband
00:35:47
Internet nearly all American students
have access to computers and the
00:35:54
Internet in their schools but it home
the cost of internet service and
00:36:01
sometimes the lack of availability
create problems in rural areas and
00:36:08
even cities some call the
problem the homework gap
00:36:15
until a few years ago Reagan's
school gave every student
00:36:20
a laptop equipped with an Internet
hotspot providing them with the Internet
00:36:28
but the money for the program ran out
school districts local governments in
00:36:35
Connecticut and others have tried
to help districts put wireless
00:36:41
Internet on busses and created
hotspots. Many communities
00:36:48
made lists of restaurants and other
businesses with wife I places where children
00:36:55
are welcome to come and do their
homework some students study in the
00:37:02
parking lots of schools libraries or
restaurants were ever they can find
00:37:08
a signal another option for
communities is to provide access
00:37:15
through unused television frequencies
the Hartford Public Library
00:37:21
plans to try that next year the
National Center for Education
00:37:28
Statistics suggests that students
with home Internet get better
00:37:35
scores in reading math and
science than ones who do not
00:37:42
the homework gap can hurt the poor
and minority students creating
00:37:49
barriers to their education
Janice Fleming Butler is an
00:37:56
activist who has researched barriers
to Internet access in Hartford
00:38:03
she said it is
00:38:04
a big injustice for minority
students not to have equal
00:38:11
access to the Internet Susan
Johnston is an English teacher in
00:38:17
Hartford she said using paper
and chalk boards is not
00:38:23
a good idea she thinks students
really need to learn to use
00:38:30
technology because it's
not going away. The U.S.
00:38:37
Department of Education gathered
statistics in 2017 and released its
00:38:43
findings in May It found that the
number of households without
00:38:50
internet has been getting smaller
but 14 percent of homes in city
00:38:57
areas and 18 percent of
homes in rural areas still
00:39:03
lack Internet connections about
33 percent of homes with school
00:39:10
Lage children that do not have
internet say money is the reason.
00:39:18
A commissioner at the Federal Communications
Commission Jessica Rosen worst
00:39:25
cell called the homework gap the
cruelest part of the digital
00:39:32
divide in rural northern Mississippi home
00:39:38
Internet is not available for some
whether they can pay for it or not
00:39:46
Sharon steered them takes her 4 boys to
the school library at East Webster high
00:39:52
school her husband works there so they
can use the Internet for school work
00:40:00
a cell phone tower can be seen through the
trees from their home but the Internet
00:40:06
signal does not reach their house
00:40:11
a 3rd of the 294 households in
May been Mississippi have no
00:40:17
computer and close to half
have no internet I am Brian
00:40:24
LAN and on I'm an vol.
00:40:40
Welcome to the making of
00:40:42
a nation Merican history in V O
N A special language I'm Steve
00:40:49
embers.
00:40:58
We continue the story of President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kennedy at
00:41:04
Democrat defeated Republican Vice President
Richard Nixon in one of the closest
00:41:10
elections in your 19 states history
he took office in January 19th
00:41:17
61 after 3 months Kennedy faced
00:41:21
a major foreign policy failure
on April 17th armed to Cuban
00:41:28
exiles tried to invade Cuba less than
150 kilometers from the American
00:41:35
state of Florida they had been trained
by the Central Intelligence Agency
00:41:42
their goal was to overthrow the
island's communist leader Fidel Castro
00:41:49
in 1959 he and his good role of
forces had overthrown one of him C O
00:41:56
Battiste that the president who was
supported by the United States the exiles
00:42:03
came ashore at Cuba's Bay of Pigs
most were killed or captured.
00:42:10
The last administration under President
Dwight Eisenhower had planned the invasion
00:42:17
but Kennedy had approved it after the
failure some Americans again and wondered
00:42:24
if the 43 year old the president had
enough experience to lead the nation.
00:42:50
In 1961 Kennedy went to Paris
and met with French president
00:42:57
show the goal. Kennedy visited France
with his wife Jacqueline who spoke
00:43:03
French and had studied there
in June Kennedy met in Vienna
00:43:10
with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
crew shelf did not want to compromise on
00:43:17
any issue he threatened to have the
East Germans block all movement into
00:43:24
and out of the Allied controlled
western half of Berlin in
00:43:30
November the East Germans with Soviet
support started building the Berlin wall to
00:43:37
separate east and west. President
Kennedy quickly announced
00:43:43
a large increase in American
military forces in Germany.
00:44:12
Last year later came the Cuban
Missile Crisis On October 22nd
00:44:18
1962 President Kennedy made an
announcement to the American people
00:44:25
this government and promise. Has name came
the closest today of the Soviet military
00:44:32
buildup on the island of Cuba. Within
the past week I'm mistaken evidence
00:44:39
that the fact that
00:44:41
a. Site is now in preparation
on that imprisoned either
00:44:48
the purpose of these bases can
be none other than to provide
00:44:53
a nuclear strike capability against the
Western Hemisphere country saving the 1st
00:44:59
11 ery hard information of this
nature last Tuesday morning at 9 am I
00:45:06
directed that our surveillance be stepped
up and having now confirmed and completed
00:45:11
our evaluation of the
evidence and I decision on
00:45:15
a course of action this government feels
obliged to report this new crisis to you
00:45:21
in Polish detail
00:45:23
a characteristic of these new missile
sites indicate 2 distinct types of
00:45:28
installations several of them include
medium range ballistic missiles capable of
00:45:34
carrying a nuclear warhead or a
distance of more than 1000 not
00:45:39
a commercial. Each of these missiles in
short is capable of striking Russia in D.C.
00:45:46
The Panama Canal they Canaveral Mexico
City or any other city in the southeastern
00:45:52
part of the United States in Central America
or in the Caribbean area Kennedy had
00:45:59
a warning for the Soviets it shall be
the policy of this nation to regard any
00:46:04
nuclear missile launched from Cuba against
any nation in the Western Hemisphere as
00:46:10
an attack by the Soviet Union
on the United States requiring
00:46:15
a full recount retore response upon the
Soviet Union Kennedy and his national
00:46:21
security advisers debated what to do
what about the Soviet missiles in Cuba
00:46:28
should the United States try to destroy
them what if some of the nuclear missiles
00:46:34
as skipped the attack Kennedy decided
to use a naval blockade he called it
00:46:40
a quarantine to prevent any more
Soviet ships from reaching Cuba
00:46:47
there were tense negotiations
with the Soviets. Demanded
00:46:53
a promise that the United States
would not invade Cuba Kennedy
00:46:59
agreed and did so publicly
secretly he also agreed to another
00:47:06
demand he promised that the United
States would remove its Jupiter missiles
00:47:13
based in Turkey after the crisis was
over. The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted
00:47:20
13 days it raised fears of
00:47:23
a nuclear war but it ended peacefully
when the Soviets agreed to remove their
00:47:30
missiles from Cuba and
turned their ships around.
00:47:49
But the cool war continued. In Asia
the Kennedy administration tried to
00:47:56
fight communism in Vietnam by increasing
the number of American military
00:48:03
advisers there the United States
and the Soviet Union did make some
00:48:10
progress on arms control in
1963 the 2 nations agreed to
00:48:16
Bam tests of nuclear weapons
accept underground.
00:48:36
In
00:48:36
a deep and so had to deal with domestic issues
including discrimination against blacks
00:48:44
his brother Robert was attorney general
the nation's top law enforcement official
00:48:51
the Justice Department took legal action
against states Simba south that violated
00:48:58
laws on voting rights B.
00:49:01
Administration also supported
00:49:04
a voter registration campaign
to sign up more black voters.
00:49:11
Robert Kennedy repeatedly called on
National Guard troops to protect blacks
00:49:18
when they tried to register to vote
or attend white schools President
00:49:25
Kennedy said the situation was causing
00:49:28
a moral crisis in America he
decided it was time to propose
00:49:34
a new civil rights law that would
guarantee equal treatment for blacks in
00:49:41
public places and jobs
Congress did not pass
00:49:46
a wide reaching civil rights
bill until $964.00 by then
00:49:53
Kennedy was no longer
president in November 1963 he
00:50:00
traveled to Texas he hoped to settle
00:50:03
a dispute in the Democratic Party in that
state the dispute might have affected
00:50:10
his chances for reelection
in 1964 Kennedy arrived
00:50:17
in Dallas in the late morning of
November 22nd but President and his
00:50:24
wife were seated in the back given
open topped car as his motorcade drove
00:50:30
through the city suddenly there were
gunshots one of them from C.B.S.
00:50:36
Knew him Donald Duck those 3 shots were
fired up president kind of days more again
00:50:41
and downtown Dallas the 1st report of the
player that President Kennedy has been
00:50:46
seriously wounded 5 hitting the
motorcade raced to Parkland Memorial
00:50:52
Hospital but doctors could do little to
save his life. This was how television
00:50:59
newsman Walter Cronkite reported the news
from Dallas Texas the flash apparently
00:51:05
official President kind of
00:51:07
a died at 1 pm Central Standard
Time Police quickly arrested
00:51:13
a suspect Lee Harvey Oswald worked in
00:51:17
a building near where Kennedy had been shot
people had seen him leave the building
00:51:23
with a gun Lee Harvey
Oswald was a man with
00:51:28
a stream's past he was a former
United States Marine It was also
00:51:35
a communist he had lived for up quietly in
the Soviet Union and had tried to become
00:51:42
a Soviet citizen he worked for
00:51:45
a committee that supported the communist
government in Cuba police questioned
00:51:53
about the shooting of President
Kennedy he told them he did not do it
00:51:59
after 2 days officials
decided to move him to
00:52:03
a different jail as wold was
being led by 2 police officers
00:52:10
suddenly a man stepped forward there was
00:52:13
a shot Oswald fell to the ground
television cameras broadcast the events
00:52:20
live. The man who killed
Wald was Jack Ruby he was
00:52:27
a nightclub owner in Dallas he said
he shot the bald to prevent the
00:52:34
Kennedy family from having to live through
00:52:37
a trial. A
00:52:56
commission investigated the
assassination of John F.
00:52:59
Kennedy but Chief Justice of the United
States Earl Warren led the investigation
00:53:07
in its report the Warren Commission
said that levy Harvey Oswald had acted
00:53:14
alone it said there was no
plot to kill the president.
00:53:21
Many Americans never accepted that
finding some blame to Fidel Castro
00:53:28
or the Central Intelligence Agency
others blamed organized crime
00:53:35
President Kennedy was buried in Arlington
National Cemetery across the Potomac
00:53:41
River from Washington and eternal
flame burns night and day by his
00:53:47
grave. And that's our
program for today listen
00:53:54
again tomorrow to learn English 3 stories
from around the world I'm Jonathan other
00:54:01
means and I'm Ashley Thompson.
00:54:36
This is the only News I'm David versus
00:54:39
a Dutch led international team
investigating the shooting down of
00:54:43
a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine
in 2014 has named 3 Russians and
00:54:48
a Ukrainian as murder
suspects we get more from
00:54:51
a peace Charles Taylor does not the
international team investigating the downing of
00:54:55
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 24 will
probe Russian involvement in the missile
00:55:01
attack prosecutor Fred West of baking wants
to know about the line of command that
00:55:07
contributed to making a book miss all of a
little. And possibly more responding to
00:55:13
a question about possible Kremlin involvement
he said he would go up the spa the
00:55:18
chain as needs be he said we will not impose
ourselves any limits on cell so let us
00:55:23
make
00:55:24
a UN rights investigator says there is
credible evidence linking Saudi Crown Prince
00:55:29
Mohammed bin Solomon to the murder of
dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi last
00:55:34
October in Riyadh consulate in
Istanbul Agnes Kalam are the U.N.
00:55:40
Special repertory on
extrajudicial executions said in
00:55:44
a new $101.00 page report following a 6
month investigation that was the victim of
00:55:50
a deliberate premeditated execution an extra
judicial killings for which the state
00:55:56
of Saudi Arabia is responsible under
international human rights law what needs to
00:56:01
be investigated to the extent to which the
the crown prince knew all should have
00:56:07
known of what would have happened to him
and he stuck with that that we keep
00:56:12
directly to the killing so to radio insists
the killers were not acting on the
00:56:19
crown prince's orders the Saudi Minister
of State for Foreign Affairs said the
00:56:24
report contained nothing new and lacked
credibility so to radio has put 11 people
00:56:29
on trial for Kushal G.'s
murder this is V.O.A.
00:56:33
News. A Kenyan court has found 3 terror
suspects guilty of the April 2015
00:56:40
original university terror attack in
which nearly $150.00 people most of them
00:56:46
students were killed
00:56:47
a magistrate set said Sing for next month
Sarah Kay money reports from Nairobi 3
00:56:53
co-defendants Hall found guilty of
conspiracy to commit terror at the chief
00:56:58
magistrate Francis and I'm satisfied that
the incident that took place of the great
00:57:02
investor college in the morning of 2nd
different 25th all of the above elements of
00:57:07
the terrorist acts there was insufficient
evidence to link one suspect to high
00:57:12
during Hussein to their cousin or any of
their coups persons sentencing has been
00:57:18
set for July and they're pro 2nd 2015
00:57:22
a tough 148. Also killed by security
forces in the assault on the
00:57:28
school Sarah Q Many Fulvio news the
UN refugee agency reports nearly
00:57:35
71000000 people around the world are now
forcibly displaced by war persecution and
00:57:41
conflict as Lisa shrine reports the number
is the highest level reached since the
00:57:46
UN agency are was established nearly 70
years ago the UN refugee agency calls the
00:57:51
70800000 figure conservative because the
Venezuelan crisis is not factored in the
00:57:58
agency explains some 4000000 Venezuelans
have fled their country but very few have
00:58:03
formally applied for asylum therefore
they are not counted in the refugee
00:58:07
statistics last year the report says war
and strife forced nearly 26000000 people
00:58:14
half of them children to flee their
countries and become refugees more than
00:58:18
41000000 more people were internally
displaced fleeing their homes but staying
00:58:23
inside their own Nations says more than
2 thirds of all refugees worldwide come
00:58:28
from just 5 countries Syria Afghanistan
South Sudan me and Maher and Somalia they
00:58:34
searched line for the. News Geneva the
Federal Reserve decided to leave its key
00:58:38
interest rate unchanged but signaled it's
prepared to start cutting rates if needed
00:58:43
to protect the U.S. Economy the Fed left
the benchmark rate at a range of 2 and
00:58:48
a quarter to 2 and one half percent where
it's been since December Fed chair Jerome
00:58:53
Powell said most of the members agreed an
interest rate is coming but not now there
00:58:57
was as you see
00:58:58
a number of people wrote down rate cuts
but all of those but apparently one felt
00:59:05
that that it would be better to see
more too before moving the Fed's move
00:59:12
pushed stock prices higher on Wall.
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